Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Sunday, December 22, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Sunday, December 22, 2002 |
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY INVESTMENTS Policies for children AMONG the more popular insurance policies introduced recently are the ones for children. The payouts are spread out to coincide with significant milestones in the child's life, such as completion of secondary education and commencement of ... More
Uninteresting year for savers ANTI-DUMPING Central Silk Board hails move THE directive by the Designated Authority of the Directorate-General of Anti-Dumping (DGAD) to levy an additional duty on Chinese raw silk is expected to lift the domestic silk prices. Industry sources said the latest move is expected to have a ... More
Dumping duty on raw silk imports recommended AUTOMOBILES Auto sector valuations: What will drive them higher? THE domestic automobile industry would like to believe it is the barometer of the economy. Such a belief is in line with international trends since in most mature economies the automobile industry's performance is viewed as a reflection of the ... More
Auto stocks: Powered by the launches ECONOMY 
NDC adopts 10th Plan document — PM calls for unity of purposeTHE National Development Council (NDC) today adopted the Tenth Five-Year Plan (2002-07) document with the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, calling for "unity of purpose" by both the Centre and the States to realise the ambitious eight per ... More
States' growth crucial: CMs FERTILISERS How GNFC helps dress up NFL — New urea policy throws up interesting twist IT is a unique case of a State Government-controlled company bailing out a Central public sector undertaking identified for privatisation. Well, this is precisely what the new urea pricing policy, approved by the Union Cabinet on Thursday, will ... More FOREIGN TRADE DGFT signs pact with SafeScrypt THE Directorate-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has become India's first digital signature enabled agency, marking a big step forward in the promotion of paperless trading in the country's foreign trade sector. A memorandum of understanding has ... More AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS Storage batteries: Recharged, but will the power last? AFTER passing through a particularly draining phase during the two-year period ending March 2001, things appear to be charging up for battery producers. The imposition of anti-dumping duties, demand recovery and a soft trend in the prices of ... More
What's in store?
`Automotive batteries account for 30% of turnover' — Interview with Mr Jayadev Galla, Executive Director, Amara Raja Batteries
How powered they are INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS CII welcomes move to ease investment norms THE Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion's (DIPB) recommendation to set up an Industrial Investment Facilitation Board (IIFB) as a Central agency to facilitate all investments has been welcomed by the Confederation of Indian Industry ... More DISINVESTMENT SEBI eases pricing norms for PSU disinvestment — 2-week average price criteria not applicable THE Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has formally relaxed the pricing norms of an open offer to be made by an acquirer in cases of public sector disinvestments. SEBI has, effective December 18, amended its takeover code to specify ... More SMALL SAVINGS Small savings: Cut on the anvil Administered interest rates will now be benchmarked to the average annual yields of government securities of equivalent maturities in the secondary market... Such adjustments will henceforth be made annually on a non-discretionary automatic ... More WTO India to gain from EU's agri proposals THE European Union's (EU) agricultural proposals for the WTO negotiations would benefit developing countries like India as it addresses New Delhi's key concerns in the Doha Development Agenda relating to "implementation issues" including ... More INCOME TAX Housing loans/salary — Deduction for loan interest AN employee has taken a loan from certain individuals for constructing his house. If the employee gives the particulars of the interest he pays for the loans, can the employer take cognisance of the same in arriving at the tax that needs to be ... More
Taxing fares and honorarium TOURISM 
`Peace may help Sri Lankan spread wings'SRI Lanka is using the peace process to kick-start the economy and these initiatives are helping to attract investors especially in the infrastructure sector , according to Mr Daya Pelpola, Chairman Sri Lankan Airlines. He was here to attend the ... More Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in Subscribe to: Business Line |
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Top Stories In Focus Inside China Gujarat Elections Stock scam unravelling Small Investor In Depth Gender Justice Simple Economics India Interior Consumer Notes Looking back Dec. 15-Dec. 21 Bio-diversity Bill: Choking bio-piracy or research? Piracy deals blow to music industry Ascon survey shows rise in industrial output Divestment panel draws roadmap for TCIL — `Merge Semiconductor Complex with a PSU' It's destination biogenerics for pharma Diesel sales dip in November `Kautilya's may be alternative model' Rs 11,000-cr gap in direct tax collections Withering orders dry up flower exporters' coffers Specific duty for petrol, diesel likely |
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